F&ES 584b / 2018-2019

Agricultural Climate Change Mitigation (January 15-February 19)

Credits: 2

Spring 2019: Tu, 6:00-9:00, Sage 24

Agriculture and land use change (primarily to clear land for agriculture) are responsible for roughly a quarter of anthropogenic emissions. This course will explore the range of solutions that have been proposed, some of which are new while others are already implemented on hundreds of millions of hectares. These include both demand reduction (diet change and food waste) and supply-side strategies. Agricultural production approaches include biosequestration